128. Jackson Browne / Running on Empty
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2020
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I loved so many different bass players from the 70s only to find out they were all Leland Sklar😂😂
Back in 1978, me, my mom and sister went camping in Maine. As a thirteen-year-old I distinctly remember hearing "Running on Empty "blaring from way off in the distance from our campsite one night, and people talking. Now when I blare the record, it brings back great memories. R.I.P. David Lindley, one of the greats at his craft. And thank you Mr. Sklar, you are one of the greats at your craft👍
Doesn't get much better than that song. When Denny gets there, remember that you are not the guinea pig, you are the trailblazer.
I am so grateful for this video. I've been playing this bass line wrong for years with my cover band. It's good to see the correct way demonstrated first hand. Thank you Leland!
I cannot move on without acknowledging Rosemary Butler’s iconic backup vocals, without which would make it a different song altogether, in my opinion.
Yeah, man. Her vocals make the song for me. So amazing.
Totally agreed. GREAT singer!
LIZZY VALENTINE Absolutely! Still singing great....
My wife and I saw Rosemary sing last year in Ventura Ca. She did mostly Linda Ronstadt songs. Put on a great show...still bringing all the notes. Had tickets to her "birthday" performance but it was canceled due to the virus...
I went to the concerts 50% for Jackson Brown and band and 50% Rosemary Butler!
Must comment again on a favorite story I’ve told for 42 years as I’ve followed you.
Jan ‘78 i was on the stage crew in Norman, OK. There was an ice storm but a great crowd and turnout.
After the show you packed your base, grabbed some gloves and helped us load out the trucks - until the last truck was gone.
I asked you what was the deal - and you kindly told me you wouldn’t sleep after a show unless you totally wore yourself out. Seen you many times since and always have that great memory.
Carry on.
Real man right there
Andy Hall Loved being with the crew!
A Class Act ✌
Hope you had it all set up to go before you came for Jackson's piano!! ;0)
Russell Morris Now, that was funny! Well played...!
When I graduated high school in 92 my grandma gave me a $20 gift certificate to Specs Music. After I left the party I headed straight there and bought Running on Empty with it. This album means so much to me.
Until you played this with the bass in front of the rest of the band, I never realized how much your riff is driving that song. It sounds like a juggernaut locomotive chugging down the track. Thanks for doing this one!
☝️❤️🙏 yes
Remembering David Lindley and with tasteful slide work on this classic. RIP. Aloha O’e.
I remember going to the record store, buying this album all those years ago, bringing it back home and going through the ritualised first play. Handling the album cover like a precious stone of some kind. The photography was brilliant. And the magic of imagining what it must have been like on that tour. Of course there was no social world media then and there was a mystery to be had about who the people were, their characters, the adventure of it all, the dream come true. Magical times man truly.
Absolutely relate to this. LP covers were so great everything was big and it was so nice to study the Album Artwork in detail and even read all the fine print.
Very well said. Today's generation is really missing that whole experience.
I SOO get this... loved getting a new LP. when my daughter now got turned onto vinyl, i wrote up a bit of a 'vinyl-geek' history talking about how i read all the liner notes playing the new records, the local record store in my old home town (Boulder) would commission an artist to do a large 4'x4' canvas of the album covers in oil and hang the new cover art up around the store. Some how things are different now .. oh snap.. yeah i was 16.. maybe that was it....
Was catching up on the previous posts and found that Mr Sklar has talked about Albums and artwork in his post titled JT on May 27.
Here is the link
ua-cam.com/video/3cs2R6r2Kfo/v-deo.html
Among my many regrets selling my original vinyl pressing (with the booklet insert and everything) when I replaced it with a "superior" C.D. copy. Oh well, the follies of youth.......... "Late for the Sky" was one of the reasons I bought a C.D. player at all as I was sick to the back teeth of lousy Warner Brothers paper-thin, snap crackle and pop pressings.
So glad that you never got into the drug scene of the 60' 70' so that can all enjoy the great stories of your life.
The real compliment to drug addiction is for anyone who has escaped its rampage and destruction; those people too need our praise. :)
artemis sidecross Joe Walsh was my inspiration for playing guitar and then years later my inspiration for getting sober. Can’t say enough about how much guys like that have changed lives by example.
@@jwprimetime9795 It is easy to fall, the strength to get up and walk on is the mark of a hero or heroine. Good work!
Peter Green the Founer/member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967-1970 is my inspiration because he was hooked heavily on lsd back then. Long story short he got clean and sober and made a comeback to music. His mind may be mostly gone (Very bad memory) and his voice sounds bad and cannot understand much of what hes saying like very deep and raspy, but he is a great example of a blues musician who somehow survived "The Munic Incident" in 1970.
carl anderson wasn’t too familiar with the Peter green era of Mac until last year and I went to see the Rumours ATL and they did a bunch of his songs! Made me dive into his stuff on my own. Awesome!!
RIP David Lindley. You will be missed.
The bass is low in the mix on the record, so it's great to see how the line is played in detail. Thank you for doing these!
Thanks so much for sharing all this stuff. As a kid I used to stare at the album covers and imagine all the times that took place behind it all, and Running On Empty was great for that. So these stories are a real treasure. BTW I love that modded bass - VERY much a '70s thing.
Merriweather Post Pavilion, August 27, 1977, Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty" tour. I was only 21 years old then, went to many concerts before and after, and that, by far, was the best I've ever been to. To hear those songs on that classic LP later without knowing of the recordings was awesome. I swear I could hear myself whistling on a track - well, not really, but I know I left there without a voice. I wish I could've stayed - just a little bit longer. Thanks for the memories!
I was there with 3 HS girlfriends that night! When the album came out we were floored!!! We tried to figure out if we could hear ourselves...
Thank you Mr. Sklar for being such a decent human being and a great musician alike - and thank you for the great stories !!
isn’t he great . totally awesome.
I damn near pissed my pants laughing at that story about the 24 inch drivers! That made my day!
1978 Running on Empty! Your bass sound “defined” 70’s bass sound on that record! And.... you recorded so much in makeshift conditions! I was at the beginning of my music biz trip, then. I was the gofer at Thunder Sounds and Morgan Earle, too, mainly just hanging out cause they let me. I was sitting on all the lectures a friend was taking at Morgan Earle during his attendance at a paid Music Engineering course they offered. We were actually working. We were recording Ian Thomas’s record “Still Here” as part of the course, that Ian was a willing participant of. It reduced his rate, and he loved working with us young guys - very patient, funny man - God bless him! Anyway, we used that record of yours “Running on Empty” as the standard we hoped to achieve at that time.
So many AWSOME memories!
Peace
Agreed. Lee’ bass style defined the 70s as did James Jammerson and Carole Kay did for the 60s. Growing up I never imagined the all of this greatness was coming from such a small click who wound up being imitated the world over.
Loved this tune and the album when it released and still love it today! It was also the inspiration for the personalized license plate for my '69 Camaro SS ... RUN N ON ... great memories and this song always takes me there and puts a big smile on my face so ... hearing and watching your video has been a real treat and being a bass player myself, I know what you're saying ... amazing bonds can grow from playing and performing with other human beings ... and cherished memories from wonderful times spent together out there doing what you all love! Thanks for sharing this story ... felt real good taking the trip down memory lane with you! Please take good care, keep safe and stay healthy ... Cheers!
I played bass on that song in a cover band in the late 70s into the early 80s. Loved playing that song. It has great energy. I didn't know about the octave lick until I saw this video. I don't have great ears for copying records, did not have the album. I lived in a one-room cabin with no electricity or running water anyway so I learned it off the guitar player after hearing it once or twice a this place. I pedaled on the One for the most part and it worked.
I've been playing this song in bands for years and I too was surprised to see the Octaves !
Only Leland can make an octave one of the most tasteful and memorable lines of all time. The secret is the beard. It picks up signals from the cosmos and transmits them directly to his brain.
Sklar-monics.
Fripp a tronics and leland harmonics would be a good combo
Now that's clever🎶
So much history, stories and fun memories!
I like when I get senior moments because I don't have to deciefer what I'm trying to think out loud 🎉🎉 nice chops I can remember later on. Becoming a big fan of your bass playing. 78 I was 12 and we hitched to Cal jam 2. I remember this song on the radio when it was new. I play this song on my student Les Paul Man... thanks 👍
Maestro, there's nothing wrong with your mental faculties.
Hell, I don't even remember what I had for dinner a week ago, and I'm only 65.
Also, 'Running on Empty' is, in my opinion, the best live album ever recorded,
and Jackson Brown is a musical diamond.
All You Need Is Live.
I have passed your videos several times. I shouldn’t have. Thank you for your time and demeanor. Thank you for the stories. Saw a video of you with JB just last night.
Yes! Be safe! "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around!"
"This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club, either... This is L.A."
I recall seeing Jackson Browne touring with his very young son. I worked security at concerts at the University of Cincinnati Field house. Loved the show.
We've seen Jackson play in Calgary twice and to this day both were the best shows we have ever seen. The first time he entertained us for 2 hours completely solo doing nothing but requests all night including songs he hadn't performed publicly for years. Second time was with David Lindley so the set list was a bit more structured. Best tip he revealed that on piano he can only play in the key of C and uses the electric piano transpose control to play in different keys. It gives me hope that I could fake it on piano one day.
I just discovered Lee played the Hill Street Blues theme. As a kid I used to flick my fingers on a seam on our tv couch to the bass line every time the intro was played. Great tune & series.
Great stories on Running on Empty ...Lee. Thanks for sharing them with us. I am thoroughly enjoying your videos.
Lee my intro to you was as a kid watching endlessly the concert with you and James at blossom in 1979. What a band!!
To be on the Running On Empty tour bus must have been magic. Dave Lindley's playing is insane but his wardrobe could be another episode you could discuss 😂
For those who don't know it, Lindley has been called "The Prince of Polyester"! I have often wondered if Lindley went clothes-shopping in thrift stores and Salvation Army's while on the road, in the same way that he and other musicians often went out scrounging for guitars.
@@goodun2974 The poly came a bit later. And yes, he's said he thrift shops is primarily where he buys his 'vestments.' He's described Salt Lake City as the Mecca of Poly. What a great, great musician.
Hey Lee my name is Pedro Prats; Bass Player, Sound Engineer and Bassfreak from Puerto Rico. Love what your doing with your channel, truly inspiring. Since you started your vlog I wake up everyday and the first thing I do is watch your video along with my morning coffee. I want to thank you for making this kind of vlog. Musicians also need to hear the kind of perspective on music and the music industry you bring. I also want to thank you for just being the the kind of person you are; I can really feel your humbleness through your videos and being one of the most badass bass players and studio musicians that you are (without ever even hinting at bragging which you very well could!) makes it even more evident of how cool of a guy you are. Love the stories and i really think you shouldn’t listen to those comments that say that you should just play. The stories give each video that spark, an extra mental image of how it all went down on the studio or on tour and then you get the great playing of the parts which I wouldn’t get hung up about the sound of the tracks cause the vlog’s about bass not mixing or tracking and what you play sounds great!Love your tone on all the basses you play!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼. I have one question: what bass were you playing with Phil at the Knebworth 1990 and i guess throughout that tour? Its a dark green 4 string.....i think u also had an orange one? Anyway, much love and keep up the great work! PS. Love the immediate family and really enjoyed the Cruel Twist video. Great Upright sound! ✌🏽
Mr. Sklar, thank you for demystifying such a glorious song. Just to watch your technique is a treat.
My dearest Mr. Sklar you make my day just to hear you talk about life and music. Running on empty is one of my favorite albums I love every song. I wish you could a Q&A with your fans. I have been a bass player for over 40 years and the last few months watching your videos has taught me so much . Next time I am in a session I will be thinking of all the gifts you have shared I now truly love the whole note. My chops are not as good as when I was a kid; but your direction made me a better musician . I have also decided to let my beard grow it is the key to playing bass(LOL). I hope you know what an inspiration you are.
Mr. Sklar,.
Thank you for all the wonderful music, the stories.
I remember hearing those songs in the 70's.
Such an amazing time, with all the artist's that wrote so many amazing songs...
Most of all Amen to the shout out to All our Front line workers, and especially to All the Nurses & Doctor's that have been getting us all through these difficult times...God Bless their hard work...🙏😎👍🇺🇸
David Lindley's tone on this tune is one of the best ever IMO. Great choice Lee. Thanks!
Mr S.. you kill this! I've been working on this song for 2 hours now and think am almost there... until i slow down and really listen. Your groove is infallible. Thanks for the challenge. Your a great teacher and don't even know it...
My son just now: “Is that Darwin?” Me: Yes, but much hipper!
I think so,haha
I thought it was Kilroy.
Now this was SOOOOO much fun to see. You are a Treasure. Truly. Thanks for All your posts.
Hahaha
Lee, please keep posting, your stories are priceless. Never can get enough of them. 🎼
That is one of the best live albums ever made. It captures the energy and feeling of what it's like to be a band on the road back in the '70s. Thanks for sharing your memories!
I find that "senior moments" are a nice break in the day. Anyway, I've been a huge Jackson Browne fan since his first album. I still find myself just replaying his 70s music over and over again when I get into a Jackson Browne mood. His "Pretender" album was the first album I played on my first, really good, stereo system when "The Fuse" was lit.
Ckrolak......Totally agree, sometimes you just get in a mood . Right now I've been in a Jackson Browne mood ( for about a month now )
@@wynnssecret8584 I'm moving into a Warren Zevon mood now. I think it will last a month, as well.
Saw that tour with Jackson Browne and the Section as the warm up. You guys were amazing. A pivotal moment at the Garden State Arts Center in NJ. Thanks for that memory Lee.
So glad I found your channel. You are living rock history Leland! The rhythmic engine room powerhouse of some of the best music in rock!
I know im a little late but i just wanted to let you know that i love you brother from one bassplayer to another you are the crem dela crem thank you for playing with so much feeling for so many years ..love you brother;)
Thank you! This was the first song I learned on bass (much easier arrangement) in 1980 when I decided playing bass would be much cooler than playing cello. I have followed and admired your playing ever since.
Bedtime story and bass- it doesn’t get much better than that.
👍 One of my favourite songs of all time.
In Australia, people either LOVE or LOATH Jackson Browne. I have never understood why he gets negative feedback, he is a class act regardless.
Those videos are something to look forward to, it's the best part of the day :)
This is a hugely revealing vid for ANY electric rock bassist who cares to pay attention. I always knew & could hear the natural A 440 structure of this tune here but never knew the octave was hit every time. See what I mean? I love learning new things…from the MASTER himself. Thanks for this!
It is a privilege to watch you play. Thank you Leland. Thank you You Tube.
👍Many thanks Leland for laying it down. Gotta recent bass gig. Studied the heck out of this video. This saved my a*s. The band said they never had a bassist that “played it right.”
Pure joy watching you play this! Thanks for sharing your awesome talent with us!
How original with the bass jumping up into the octave instead of crashing down on the 4th. I love that song. It means much to me.
Leland ... you were always one of my fave bass players!! Saw the “Runnin on empty” tour at the Kent State auditorium in ‘78. One of the greatest shows ever!!!🤟
Lindley! Thanks for sharing these Lee. Seriously. Music takes me back to a better time.
Nice ...I remember Rosemary Butler when she played bass....I still do...and remember being at the Baked Potato listening to the Section...I was blown away by the band and Lee on that bass....great musical memories...
Thank you for helping us all keep our sanity during this time!! I feel like I'm getting a free 2 credit course from my alma mater, Berklee College of Music watching your series. THANK YOU!!!
Thank you for doing this Brother what a treat, first time I saw you was at Pine Knob (70's) with James Taylor and you were all there, Waddy, Russ, You and Kuchmar James came out barefoot everyone was amazing but Waddy holy cow and you all looked so cool I thought it was gonna be a peter paul and mary gig but you rocked that place just brilliant
Terrence(70's)
I've never heard a guitar be in more perfect tune!
What an interesting life you have led. I live vicariously through your stories.....keep ‘em comin! If you ever played in Albuquerque from the early 70s through the late 80s, I was probably in the audience!
Thank you for this continuing oral history of the music that for many of us is our immediate family. :) Add to that a bass playing lesson done by among the best. Life can be good.
I love Jackson Brown. My husband turned me on to you when the pandemic started. Thank you because you are a wealth of information of the artist that I loved as a child. Stay safe and take care.
Alisa Jackson has a couple of mellow songs Birds of St Mark's and Shadow dream song you might not have heard. 💕
Absolutely awesome to be able to sit, and listen to you. It’s like you’re here in my living room. I can’t thank you enough for educating me on some of your musical history.
I fell in love with Rosemarie Butler from the balcony of the Nassau Coliseum. She could make the stadium crumble.
Two of the best guitar solos ever. They take the song to a higher place
Now that’s a driving bass line!!
1978. I bought Running on empty. The I played if through the original JBL Kenwood amp tecnic turn table. I would sit in the middle of my room and listen great time ! Flash back
I can only give 1 thumbs up , 👍🏻 but would certainly give more - till it hurts! Great story and as always great playing!
Glad to hear your over the Trolls & Gremlins - you can't let people with dried up shrunken hearts and souls influence you, or no-one would ever do anything.
I'd really love to hear a little something about Billy Thorpe's adventures please. He's one of the original founding Pillars Of Australian Rock, a generation before me, A Pathfinder who led the way for us and so dear to our hearts.
YESSAH! One of my All-Time-Favourit-Albums. It has just so much atmosphere in every single song!!! In the background you can hear the bus shifting its gears, while the musicians are playing and recording live really "on the ROAD". Amazing Record, i will love it my whole life. Great work!!! .... no, that really is BIG ART!
Then I saw you in concert with Jackson, opening up for Springsteen in 1982 or so in Madison Square Garden. Thank you for the excellent music, man.
Thanks for that. "looking into their eyes I see they're running too" such truth in those lyrics. I hope we get to hear the story about "Load Out /Stay" soon. Such a great tribute to the crew and the audience. Love that song.
Just thinking about Running On Empty puts a smile on my face. One of my favorite live albums of all time. Right up there with Waiting For Columbus. I still have my vinyl copy.
Children of the Sun is a Great Song. That's originally how i found you. Just searched info for the Song. 😁💕
Jackson Browne is another Favorite of course. 3yrs. Ago 😳 Wow ! 🌎 ✌️❤
Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this one!!!!!! You make us all feel as if we know you personally! these videos are so good!
Running on Empty is one of my all-time favorite albums. I was very inspired by everything I heard. I appreciate the sharing of your memories Leland. You are an American treasure!
Wow, it's more than just sounds, it's music history, somebody had to do it and this is the guy.
I really enjoy your perspective on the music of my youth. You hear interviews with the headliners and front men, but rare to hear from the guys in the rhythm section. Keep up the good work Leland.
40 some odd years later, you still get much enjoyment from playing that song, and the pocket is still there! :-)
Big ups for those old Yamaha basses from the 70s. A family member and some friends played them. They always sounded great and had some of that P-bass grit and bark! ;:-)
Fascinating to watch you play the baseline! Again, thanks for sharing!
The nostalgia is making me cry. Thanks Mr. Sklar. You're the best.
Lee - that bassline is SUCH a key part of that track. It's a great driving/road song - one of the best - and the thing that propels it is that bassline. The song just thumps down the road thanks to you. Greetings from England.
Another amazing bass line on another one of my favourite songs!
I SO MUCH enjoy you sharing these stories. You are an awesome player but more than that you seem like a really nice and genuine person. THANK YOU!!
'Tough Shit' is RIGHT!! Keep the shout-outs coming Lee.
I always thought the bus engine sounds in "Nothing but Time" is cool. Fits the song well.
Especially the combined chord / gear changes!!!
Real bus too:)
Thanks so very much for doing this series.I can’t tell you how much I am learning from this experience,Take care and give those doggies a pat for me
Much needed fuel for this guy's empty tank. Thanks again, friend. Quick question. Obviously, we all are captivated with your main squeeze, Lady Frankenstein. However, this guy can't stop staring at that beautiful gal in the corner by your dresser! Please share more about her when you can. I must have missed her previously. 🎸 👀
What a great sounding record. It got hundreds of plays at my house. 🙂
Great video sir. Keeping that Brain working will keep you alive & Running!
Mr. Skylar, I am a fan. Your bass in Tops. Love you, my Rock and Roll Brother.
Thank you for sharing “you” with all of us.
Thank you. That album changed my life. I'm a guitar player and that album got me playing slide.
Lee, I catch myself always coming back to watch you play on this clip for inspiration. From one bassist to another, your touch and pocket can bring tears to my eyes. Thank you.
Jackson Brownes music was a major part of the soundtrack of my youth. "Saturate Before Using" was one of the first albums I bought with my own money.
So much fun and so much energy. I got to see you at the '78 show at Merriwether with my girlfriend (now wife of almost 40 years). You guys pretty much provided the soundtrack to our courtship. I still remember the thrill I felt at the show with the crescendo and coda in "For Everyman." It was great on the album, but live - with the lights punctuating the music - it was incredible. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this and your other videos. I enjoy so much being able to easily hear bass parts that I laboriously tried to pick out while listening to the recordings
I love love love this album! I'm not really a fan of live albums, with some notable exceptions, but this one is perhaps the greatest example of how a live album should be!
The Running on Empty concert at Blossom Music Center in Ohio was the best concert experience of my life. Thank you, Leland!